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Introduction to the area

• Switzerland is located in Central Europe, east of France and North of Italy. • It borders with Austria, France, Italy, Liechtenstein and Germany. • In 1874 became a centralized federal government. • Switzerland is a neutral country with small army and was a country that does not participated in either of the two world wars. • It is an active member of the UN since 2002 but remains committed to neutrality. • It has total area of 41,277 sq km. (39,997 sq km of land and 1,280 sq km of water) • Its territory is mainly mountains (Alps in south, and Jura in northwest with a central plateau of rolling hills.


 * ** Population ** || 7,935,517 (july 2012) || Infant Mortality Rate || 4.03 deaths/100 live births ||
 * ** Birth Rate ** || 9.51 births/1000 population (2012 est.) || Population Growth Rate || 0.199% (2012) ||
 * ** Death Rate ** || 8.8 deaths/1000population(2012 est.) || Life Expectancy || 70/0.199=351.8years ||
 * ** Net Migration Rate ** || 1.27 migrants/1000population (2012 est.) || Doubling time || 81.17 years ||


 * Explanation of Statistics **

• Population is of almost 8 million inhabitants mainly from Germany, Italy, Franceand Greece.

• Birth rate is 9.5 births per 1000 population which shows a low increase ofpopulation due to births.

• Death rate is 8.8 deaths per 1000 population which clearly shows that there is avery good health system in the country which take care of sickness in an effectiveway.

• Net migration rate is of 1.27 migrants per 1000 population which shows us a lowimmigration and emigration rate in the country as well as a good lifestyle thatpeople is not willing to leave.

• Infant mortality rate is of 4.03 per 1000 live births which is a good indicator of thedevelopment of the country especially in the area of health care.

• Population growth rate is of 0.199% which is very low and shows us that thepopulation is not growing very fast.

• Life expectancy is of 81.17 years old which is very high and clearly shows us theaccess to good health care, nutrition and wealth of the population of this country.

• Doubling time is 351.8 which show us that it will take a long time to its populationto duplicate.

Stage of Demographic Transition Model. (MEDC or LEDC)

This country is an MEDC (More Economically Developed Country). It has a very high GDP per capita $43,900 (2011 est.) which is one of the highest in the world. Also, it has a very low unemployment rate of 3.1% (2011 est.) and very low inflation rate of 0.2% (2011 est.)


 * Major Population Issues in this Country **

This country has a middle age population with small percentage of young and a very low growth rate. I think that the major issue for the population in this country is to somehow increase its young population so that the country has a labor force age group for the future, instead of just an elderly population that will be economically unproductive.


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By:

Alan Núñez

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